Not saying "ericpaulsen" is a bot, but the account fits the trend I've noticed of other bots on HN recently: they're all accounts created years ago with zero activity and then suddenly a bunch of comments.

Here, "ericpaulsen" was created June 2021, and the only post is in this thread we're in:

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ericpaulsen

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Others caught that fit this trend:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886875

(This bot made a follow-up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46901199)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886533

Another one 5 days ago that disappeared after being downvoted:

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Zakodiac